§ 192.160 - Request for confidential treatment.

§ 192.160 May I keep portions of my application for conversion confidential?Request for confidential treatment.

(a) In general. The appropriate Federal banking agency makes all filings under this part available to the public, but may keep portions of your the application for conversion confidential under paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) You Requests for confidential treatment. A savings association may request that the appropriate Federal banking agency keep portions of your the savings association's application confidential. To do so, you must separately bind and make this request, the savings association must clearly designate as “confidential” any portion of your its application for conversion that you deem it deems confidential. You The savings association must provide a written statement specifying the grounds supporting your its request for confidentiality. The appropriate Federal banking agency will not treat as confidential the portion of your a savings association's application describing how you plan it plans to meet your Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) objectives. The CRA portion of your a savings association's application may not incorporate by reference information contained in the confidential portion of your the application.

(c) Determination of confidential treatment. The appropriate Federal banking agency will determine whether confidential information must be made available to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552 and 12 CFR part 4 of this chapter or 12 CFR part 309, as appropriate. The appropriate Federal banking agency will advise you the savings association before it makes information you designated as “confidential” available to the public.